what color should i decorate my kitchen?

Question

my kitchen units are a light beech color and the worktop is black. at the moment i have cream paint on the walls but its sickly, i need abit of color to my kitchen. what color scheme should i do it? one wall has dodgy plaster which i woul like to cover up with wallpaper. has any body any recommendations?

Answer 1

Go for Matchstick by Farrow & Ball.

Get it mixed in soft sheen from Leyland.

Matchstick is the colour for light wood units and white ceiling, skirting boards.

Answer 2

Jade green or a similar green.
Raspberry (fushia berry in the site i'm going to give you) colours look good with light beech and black worktops.

Answer 3

Pale pastel sky blue looks lovely with pale beech. Its also very traditional for kitchens. The old wives tale is that the flies see the blue, think its the sky and so don't settle.

Answer 4

1] check on the dodgy plaster - may need to replace or sand it down before you cover it with wall paper - check with people at hardwood store
2] check about 'texturizing' the wall - again, ask at store
3] if wall paper one wall, paint the rest of walls one of the colors in the paper
4] otherwise, paint it a favorite color of main cook - not dark or very pastel - more medium tone like:
rose
coral or peach
light lemon or pale gold
sage or leaf green
aqua
sky or smoke blue
violet
caramel
5] repeat wall, floor and worktop colors in accessories - curtains, placemats, potholders, flowerpots, utensil crock

Answer 5

teal is really in this year or plum would look good my friend has this with cream kettle etc,i have the teal with dk teal bits what colour are your tiles?? with the wallpaper use the plain raised type so hides the uneven wall this is really good paper for that alliglipta maybe spelt wrong but saying is ali-glip-ta.if you ask at d.i.y store they will take you to it there is a big range with all dif patterns

Answer 6

Quiver Tan from Sherwin Williams. It's kind of a mocha color. Not sure I'd add wall paper. Crack will pop up even through the paper, just rake out any cracks and fill them with Tetron, sand and paint.

Answer 7

Mines a powderblue colour

Answer 8

i think red and cream,a nice reddish patterned wallpaper and a nice cream emulsion on the other walls,then stencil the cream walls with little red cherries,my sister has done this and her units are light and black worktops,looks wicked really really cool.

Answer 9

A very light yellow goes very well with beech and black.

Answer 10

i think a light color would be good. like a yellow or maybe a teal.